City of Austin v. Hyde Park Baptist Church

OPINION

DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.

Appellee Hyde Park Baptist Church sued appellant the City of Austin over the City’s decision to suspend a site-development permit that would have allowed the Church to construct a parking garage on Church property. The permit was suspended by the Austin City Council after the Church’s neighbors complained that the parking garage would not comply with an area-specific ordinance enacted in 1990 to govern development of the Church’s property. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Church, finding that the City Council had no authority to hear…